Shirt.



T. SILBERMAN.

SHIRT.

APPLIGATION FILED MAY 21, 1912.

Patented Au 27, 1912.

l T 0 all whom it may concern:

NITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

TANGHUM SILBERMAN, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

SHIRT.

Be it known that I, TANCHUM SILBER- MAN,- a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvcments in Shirts, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in shirts and has particular reference to an improved construction of shirts whereby drawers or trousers may be held up about the waist and atthe same time the body of the shirt prevented from pulling or working up over the waistband of the drawers or trousers.

The invention is particularly useful in undershirts in that it enables a connection to be 'made between the shirt and drawers no matter whether the skirt of the shirt is worn tucked inside of the drawers or is worn with the skirt on the outside of the drawers. Some wearers prefer to have the shirt inside the drawers while others prefer the shirt to hang on the outside of the drawers, but in either event the present invention is as applicable to the one as the other manner of wearing the garments.

The accompanying drawing illustrates the invention wherein Figure 1, shows a front vlew of the lower portion of a shirt and the upper portion of a pair of drawers,-the shirt being constructed in accordance with the invention and, in this instance tucked down inside the drawers and connected to the latter. Fig. 2, is an inside face view of the underlapping flap showing the pocket and tab attached thereto. Fig. 3, is an edge View of.the underlapping flap of the shirt and the tab at tached thereto. Fig. 4, shows a front view of theouter side of the underlapping flap of the shirt and also illustrates the tab end through the slot in the flap and the button which is carried by the tab passing through the button hole in said underlapping flap,- the tab being arranged to engage a pair of drawers as shown in Fig. 1,'wherein the shirt skirt is tucked inside "the drawers. Fig. 5, illustrates a vertical sectional detail through the lapped and engaged flaps of the shirts and drawers and shows the tab pro-,

jected through the slots in the shirt-flaps and engaging the drawers. Fig. 6, illustrates another inside face view of the underlapping flap, similar to that shown in Fig. 2. but w1th the tab adjusted and partially Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 21, 1912. Serial No. 698,763.

Patented Aug. 27, 1912.

folded into the pocket and the end hanging pendantly at the inner side and in readiness to be engaged with the drawers when the latter are worn beneath the skirt ofthe shirt, and Fig. 7, illustrates the same in vertical longitudinal section.

At the outset I desire it understood that I devices of these patents as will be seen from" the specification and claims hereinafter set forth and by a comparison of the same with the drawing of my improved shirt which forms a part of this application.

Referring to my said drawing by numer als, 1, designates the body of a shirt, which may be either an undershirt or an overshirt,

and which has an underlapping flap or side, 2, and an overlapping flap or side, 3. The overlapping flap, 3, of my garment has the usual buttonholes, 4, arranged in a vertical row adjacent its edge, 5, and is also provided with a crosswise slit or slot, 6, at a point where it would have position just above the top edge or waist line, 7, of the drawers, '8. The underlapping flap, 2, of the shirt has a series of buttons 9, stitched on its outer surface so as to register with the respective button holes, 4, in the over lapping flap and said underlapping flap, 2, also has a cross-wise slit or slot,.10, which will register with the slit or slot, 6, in the overlapping flap when said two flaps are lapped. There is nothing particularly new in the structure thus far except in so far as it aids in carrying out the inventive idea but it will be noted that the underlapping flap, 2, in addition to the buttons, 9, and at a point where one of such buttons would be located if the uniformity of the button arrangement were carried out, is provided with a button-hole, 11, shown best in Fig.

4, of the drawing, which button-hole is 10- cated just above the cross-slit or slot, 10, and

in such position as will enable it to register v 4 5 tering slits or slots.

The-inner side or face of the underlapping fiap, 2, is provided with a strip of material, 13, the upper edge of which is attached to said inner side or face of the flap,

' 2, by means of stitches, 14. By preference,

I provide vertical rows of stitches, 15, along a portion only of the opposite side edges of the strip of material, 13, whereby to secure the latter along three sides, to-wit: top and two opposite vertical edges, thus forming an inverted pocket-like patch on the inner side of the underlapping flap, 2. Below the lines of vertical stitches, 15, I leave the material freeso as to form a tab, 16, and the free portion or tab is provided with a series of button-holes, 17, 18, 19 and 20 respectively. This tab is of such length as to enable it to be projected below the crossslit, 10, in the underlapping flap. The

strip of material, 13, may be said to extend from the stitch line, 14, to the extreme free end below the lowermost button-hole and in this senseit will be noted that the said strip has abutton,21, attached thereto be- 0 tween the upper secured end and the lower free end. In the present instance the strip or tab. is provided with a cross-wise fold, 22.

immediately above the point Where the but ton, 21, is attached thereby forming a double thickness or a reinforce of material at such fold or point of attachment of said button and thus giving a greater body of material for the stitches which secure the button to the tab. i y

From the foregoing explanation it is to be-understood thatothe underlapping flap, 2, of the shirt not only has the usual buttons, 9, but is also provided with a button hole,-11, and a cross-slit or:slot, 1O, below said button-hole. The button-hole, 11, as

has been'explained will register with thetab, 16, at the inner side of the underlapping flap, 2. When the tab or strip at the inner side of the underlapping flap, 2, is

provided with the vertical stitches, 15, at

its edges a pocket-like structure is formed and by this means the tab may be folded intermediate its attached and free ends and said folded intermediate portion may be tucked up into the pocket, as shown in broken lines in Figs. 4 and 6 and in full sectional lines in Figs. 5 and 7, of thedrawing. The folding of the tab in the manner just described serves to vertically adjust. the lower free end thereof, for obviously the further into thepocket the tab is tucked the higher will the free-end of that tab become.

In use, the shirt will beput on in the usual manner and the usual buttons, 9, on, the underlapping flap, 2, engaged with the button-holes, 4, in the overlapping flap. Y The height of the upper edge of the draw- 7 ers will then'be .noted and the tab, 16, will then be adjusted by folding the same intermediate its ends and turning the fold, such as the fold, 23, against the-inner face or surface of the underlapping flap. This movement of the folded portion of the tab will result in turning the button, 21, so as to face outwardly and if the-tab is folded and drawn up, for example, until buttonhole, 18, in the tab is brought into register so I with the button, 21, also on the tab the button may then be passed through said button-hole, 18; then outwardly. through the button-ho]e, 11, in the underlapping flap and the tab would then have the position shown in Fig. 6 of the draWing and the button would then be on the outer side of underlapping flap, 2, while the stitches engaging the button would-pass through both button-holes, 11, and, 18, and into the double-thick portion of the tab., If it is desired to wear the drawers on the inside of the shirt skirt as shown in Fig. 7 one or the other of the button-holes, 19, or, 20, in the tab will engage one or the other of the buttons, 24, on the fly of the drawers,the' tab simply depending at the inner side of the underlapping flap, 2. The overlapping flap,

3, may then be folded over the flap, 2, and the button-hole, 12, will then register with button-hole, 11, in flap, 2, so that button, 21, can also be utilized to hold the two flaps in the lapped condition.

In case the drawers are to be worn on the outside of the shirt skirt, the adjustment of the tab will be effected as already described so as to pass the button, perhaps in this in stance through button-hole, 1 9, in the .tab and after the adjustment of'the tab has been made, the free end of the tab will be projected butwardly through slot, 10, in the underlapping flap, then through slot, 6, in the overlapping flap and thus exposed on the outer side of the shirt, as shown in- Fig. 1, where its lowermost button-hole, 20, may engage one of the buttons, 24, on the drawers. v

It will be noted from the foregoing that the adjustability of the tab by means of the N series of button-holes'therein and the button 21 thereon the provision of a button-hole,

11 in the underlapping flap as well as a registering button-hole (12) in the overlapping flap so that the button on the tab may be passed through one of the button-holes in the 1 tab itself to adjust the height of. the tab end, then through the hole'in the underlapping flap and finally through the hole in the overlapping flap; are all coacting features that enable the button on the tab to perform several functions simultaneously. And finally the slitsor slots, 6, and, 10, in the garment to permit the adjustable tab end to be projected through to the outside or to hang pendantly at the inner side and thus enable the wearer to adjust and wear the ga rment in either of two positions, enhances the utility of the device.

By having the button, 21, projected through the several but-ton holes, as explained, the strain when the tab is attached to the drawers is distributed through both flaps as well as on the tab itself.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A shirt having an underlapping flap and an overlapping flap,the underlapping flap having on its outer surface a plurality of buttons and also having a button hole and said underlapping flap also having a tab secured at its innersurface above said button-hole,said tab having a button thereon with a plurality of button-holes therein below the said latter button the button on the tab being positioned to register with the button-hole in the underlapping flap and the overlapping flap of the shirt having a plurality of button-holes one of which is registrable with the button-hole in the underlapping' flap and the button on the tab,

2. A shirt having an underlapping flap and an overlapping fiap, the underlapping flap having on its outer surface a plurality of buttons, a cross-slit and a button hole above the cross-slit, and on the inner surface said underlapping flap having a tab whose upper end is attached to said inner surface above the said slit and button-hole and the tab being provided with a button and a plurality of button-holes below said button sald latter being positioned to register with the button-hole in the underlapping flap above the cross-slit therein, and the overlapping flap of the shirt having a plurality of button-holes and a cr0ss-slit-,-one of said latter button holes and the latter cross-slit being registrable respectively with the button-hole and cross-slit in the underlapping flap.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

TANCHUM SILBERMAN.

Witnesses:

CHARLES B. MANN, Jr.,

JOHN W. HEWES. 

